College Football

Notre Dame football’s first game in Athens in 2019 set a Sanford Stadium attendance record. The Fighting Irish are coming to town later this year to play Georgia basketball in Stegeman Coliseum for the first hardwood meeting between the programs in Athens. The Dec. 3 matchup is part of the SEC/ACC Challenge. It was announced Wednesday afternoon on the SEC …

USATSI As Shilo Sanders navigates a bankruptcy filing, the Colorado defensive back and son of Deion Sanders “cannot wait for trial to share his side of story,” his attorney, Victor Vital, told 247Sports’ Carl Reed. The impetus for the filing is that Sanders owes more than $11 million in a civil court judgment stemming from injuries Sanders allegedly caused to …

The 2024-25 college basketball season isn’t tipping off for another five months, but one of the sport’s marquee non-conference events has reportedly been set. Matchups for the second annual ACC-SEC Challenge have been determined, as reported by college basketball insider Jon Rothstein Wednesday, a group of games highlighted by what are expected to be some of the best teams in …

On Tuesday, former Colorado football linebacker Kofi Taylor-Barrocks announced his commitment to the UTEP Miners. The transfer linebacker appeared in only one game with the Buffs last season before entering the portal in April. Taylor-Barrocks was a highly recruited prospect out of the NFL Academy in London, England, earning other notable scholarship offers from the Michigan State Spartans, Ole Miss …

The Ohio State football program has taken over the top spot in the 247Sports Team Composite Rankings after the latest commitment. The Buckeyes are putting together one whale of a class that should have a real shot at finishing in the top spot with another top five almost a lock at this point. OSU already had quality with an average …

The Oklahoma Sooners have a better idea of what the 2024 season will look like with the SEC release of game times yesterday. But how they and the Texas Longhorns will fare in their first year in the SEC is anyone’s guess. Texas made the playoffs last season, and the Sooners are one of the winningest programs over the last …

USC and LSU football fans have had very similar conversations this offseason. It’s uncanny how many parallels there are between the Trojans and the Tigers on the football field. We have made note of this: The USC-LSU game is fascinating for a number of reasons. One is that the two programs have a lot in common. They both had terrible …

If you’ve followed us for any amount of time at all, you know we are pretty big fans of FOX College Football analyst, Joel Klatt. He doesn’t say things to just stir the pot and instead, has unbiased, insightful thoughts about teams, players, and coaches in college football these days. It also doesn’t hurt our perception that he’s been a …

USC and LSU football are less than three months away from their huge 2024 season opener. As game time approaches, you will see and hear more stories about the 2003 college football season and the national title the two programs split. LSU’s 2003 defense was undeniably nasty, as we wrote a few years ago: Imagine what it would have been …

LSU already holds a commitment from Bryce Underwood, the top quarterback and No. 1 overall player in the 2025 cycle. But offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan and the rest of the staff are looking to lock up a signal-caller in 2026 as well. The Tigers are set to host a pair of blue-chip quarterbacks in that class that both rank …

Tennessee football and head coach Josh Heupelreceived a commitment from 2025 prospect Jayden Loftin. Loftin, an edge rusher, announced his commitment Wednesday. He also had offers from Syracuse, WisconsinWisconsin, West Virginia, South Carolina, Minnesota and Penn State. He is a four-star prospect and native of Somerville, New Jersey. Tennessee was one of three SEC schools to offer Loftin a 6-foot-4, …

LAS VEGAS — If the NCAA is evaporating into irrelevance, it is not going away quietly. Not with Charlie Baker, the association’s 67-year-old president, who for a brief moment Monday took the “pulpit” out of bully pulpit.  “I was certainly trying to be calm and have a discussion [with Baker],” Collin Sherwin, college sports editor at DraftKings Network, told CBS …

Ohio State football has no issues recruiting wide receivers, but it doesn’t always work out for the Buckeyes. Illinois 2026 wide receiver, Tayln Taylor, was set to make an official visit to Columbus later this month, but after he saw Georgia, a decision was made for the Bulldogs. Ohio State has one commitment in the class at the current moment, …

Can’t make it to a Florida A&M football game this season? No worries. Most of the defending Black College Football National Champions’ games will be televised during the 2024 season. The Southwestern Athletic Conference released its ESPN football schedule for 2024 on Wednesday. Eleven of the Rattlers’ 12 games will be on the network and its affiliates. FAMU’s opener versus …

Jun. 12—*** Better late than never, time for CWFS to chime in on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, which was released last week. There is plenty to consider with the players, but two of the coaches listed should be locks. College football’s coaching GOAT Nick Saban in his first year of eligibility and should be the easiest …